Man, I love me some Ironic Sans. Scientist valentines! Brilliant!
He has inspired me to create my own:
Feel free to send it to a skeptic you love… especially if you’re trying to woo them.
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February 11th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Those are great – especially yours. You definitely have a punning skill. I guess no one will be sending that Valentine to Hoagland, poor guy.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Very nice, Phil. The “Let’s face it…” is brilliant.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
But there is a fundamental flaw. To believe in the spirit of Valentine’s Day is to cast off any scientific inquiry.
A true scientists and skeptic denies the existence of any celebration of the day. To me, it’s just February 14th. I make no other importance to the date.
Well, except that it’s my friend Rachel’s birthday. Other than that…
February 11th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I made one, too! It’s got the sexiest scientist ever… except for my husband, of course (*ahem*).
February 11th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Love them all too, but I think that I’ll be sending Gia’s to my husband on Thursday. He’s a major Feynman fan, plus it’s very funny. Thanks Gia!
February 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Ed, Edd and Eddy had a few like that a few years back. Tesla saying “You electrify me.”, and Darwin saying “Naturally, I select you.”
My mom says I have a lame sense of humor.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
How about these:
Maxwell — You are the light of my life.
Heisenberg — I think I love you (this should have a voice chip so it will play the Partridge Family song)
Schroedinger — ?…I don’t know whether I love you or not…
Shelford — I love you. But not too much and not too little.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Rats! The “?” should have been the Greek letter psi. Oh, well, I tried.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
[...] come from deep inside of our cardiovascular system. I must say that I’ve been inspired by The Bad Astronomer and Ironic [...]
February 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I have also joined in with a valentine. Sorry about this but … Click here if you dare.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
You must have heared about the “new evidences” of life on Mars:
http://www.duckway.com/videos/new-photos-prove-life-on-mars
February 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Dave-O,
Yeah a few people noticed:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/01/21/speaking-of-dumb-mars-claims/
February 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
These are GREAT! My pre-schooler is handing these out in his class this Thursday…
February 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I was very lucky yesterday to have the opportunity to talk for a bit with composer Jimmy Webb, (“Up, Up, and Away,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “MacArthur Park”.)
He wrote a terrific song for Thelma Houston titled “Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon!” It’s one of the most optimistic love songs I’ve heard, and is just right for Valentine’s Day, but also right for this blog because, beyond the happy optimism, the song also captures an air of positive feelings about the future through its allusions to astronauts and the Apollo landings.
February 11th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
“I have also joined in with a valentine. Sorry about this but … Click here if you dare.”
I wish I could send a valentine TO Spirit and Oppy.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Hey, I also made some science valentines this year! Spread the love
http://www.jacksofscience.com/art/bring-love-to-the-lab-with-a-science-valentine/
February 12th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Those are cool… Alas, I don’t think my wife is going to “get” any of those. My bad for marrying a “non-science-people-person”, but then nerdy women are hard to find
February 12th, 2008 at 5:41 am
The background needs a little bit of editing. But, even with that, your card ia excellent in all possible ways.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Excellent, B.A.! And I’ve liked the ones in the comments, as well.
February 12th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Petition for Carl Sagan postage stamps
February 13th, 2009 at 8:56 am
[...] Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and I’ll have something appropriate to post for you then, but in the meantime, I’ll remind you that Ironic Sans has great scientific cartoons you can send your geeky sweetie. He even inspired me to create my own. [...]
February 13th, 2009 at 11:01 am
If you go to my website, in the corner is a picture of fibroblast cells (like in the dermis of your skin) in culture (on a plastic dish) forming a heart shape. For real, this student found it in the cell culture class I teach ON VALENTINE’S DAY 2006!
February 13th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
For a real valentine’s treat, take a look either at my site, most recent post, or the wired youtube channel and see induced pluripotent stem cells that have been directed to become cardiac muscle cells in a culture dish actually beating!! This is very, very cool!
Oh, iPS cells were once adult skin cells that were changed by adding a few new genes (genetic engineering) to revert back to an embryonic stem cell-like state. Then we convince them to become cardiac (heart) cells.